Professional development for teachers
Here you’ll find a wide range of free, self-access training and resources designed to help you build the skills and knowledge you need as an English teacher.
All TeachingEnglish professional development resources are aligned with the British Council Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers, to help you plan your learning and develop the areas most relevant to your professional growth.
You can explore resources in a way that suits your goals:
- by professional practices – to focus on specific areas of teaching where you want to deepen your skills and expertise
- by professional development levels – to find resources matched to your training and experience and see how they can help you progress within each area.
Each resource includes a timer icon to show how much time you’ll need, helping you plan your learning effectively.
Climate Action in Language Education
Watch a recording of the British Council’s Climate in Language Education team’s one-hour online event to celebrate World Earth Day.
Managing the lesson
What to do with fast finishers in the Young Learner classroom
Watch a recording of this webinar with Laura McWilliams, looking at how to manage classes where learners finish activities at different speeds.
Knowing the subject
Oxymoronic: Can you even attempt to decolonize English teaching?
Watch a recording of this one-hour webinar with Justin Gerald, looking at decolonizing English language teaching.
Planning lessons and courses
Knowing the subject
Embedding pronunciation into your lesson plan
Watch a recording of this webinar with Viktor Carrasquero, looking at ways to include pronunciation in your lesson plans.
A Narrative context lesson: The Class is the Story
Watch a recording of this 60-minute webinar looking at developing narrative contexts in the classroom.
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Understanding my professional identity
English teaching talks – Learning outside the classroom
Use these videos from Claudia Rey about taking English language learning outside the classroom to help with your professional development.
Planning lessons and courses
Managing the lesson
Knowing the subject
Making group discussions come to life in the language classroom
Watch a recording of this webinar on how to set up effective group discussions in the English classroom.
Planning lessons and courses
Sparking the Magic of Creative Writing in the Primary and Secondary classroom
Watch a recording of this webinar with Dinesha Senaratne and Anju Moses.
Understanding my learners
Helping your students become independent learners
Watch a recording of this webinar with Ben Knight.
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Managing the lesson
Giving constructive feedback to teenagers
Sanaa Bedri, a teacher at the British Council in Casablanca, shares her action research into effective methods for giving feedback to teenage learners of English.